NUTS-3 BG321 · Bulgaria
Велико Търново
Veliko Tarnovo
Export region data (CSV)Велико Търново generates €2.3bn of GDP across 200.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 26.6/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +11.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (61.7th EU percentile) and weakest for health (0.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
26.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth59.6
Livability20.9
Market access17
Economic scale9
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
33.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability39
Labour stability16
Diversification71
Demographic stability7
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
8
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density2
Airport access5
Market access17
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
22
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary51
Lifelong learning5
Knowledge workers30
Scientists & engineers2
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
20.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy3
Jobs41.5
Education19
Health0.5
Safety61.7
Connectivity6.5
Environment14
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
59.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+11.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+8.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.7 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Public · health · education · 27.8%Diversified · HHI 2132
Agriculture 5%Industry 18.8%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 26.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 16%Public · health · education 27.8%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,977M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€99M
2024 · EU pctl 37
GVA — industry (B–E)
€371M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€323M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — construction (F)
€123M
2024 · EU pctl 11
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€519M
2024 · EU pctl 16
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€6,500
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
18,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 5
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,300
2024 · EU pctl 2
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€1,276M
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€285M
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€3,129M
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€212M
2024 · EU pctl 12
GVA — information & communication (J)
€36M
2024 · EU pctl 24
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€315M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€549M
2024 · EU pctl 11
Labour market
Employment, total persons
98,030
2023 · EU pctl 43
Self-employed persons
23,420
2023 · EU pctl 62
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,710
2023 · EU pctl 57
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.1%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
20.3%
2018 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,034
2023 · EU pctl 40
Enterprise births
1,056
2023 · EU pctl 45
Enterprise deaths
1,304
2023 · EU pctl 57
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
2023 · EU pctl 61
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.3%
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.7%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.2%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
41.6%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
4.9%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
20.4%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.2%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
91.0%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
352,026
2024 · EU pctl 23
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
492 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
143
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
120,027
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged 65+
55,313
2025 · EU pctl 47
Population aged under 15
25,073
2025 · EU pctl 38
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 84
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.1%
2025 · EU pctl 87
Crude rate of total population change
-9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude death rate
18.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Live births
1,398
2024 · EU pctl 39
Deaths
3,765
2024 · EU pctl 61
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.0%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
2024 · EU pctl 82
Population density (persons per km²)
44 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 13
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
33.8%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
74.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
781 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
2,261 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
223 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
26.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
384 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
76 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
99 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
58 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 86
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
42
2024 · EU pctl 5
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